U.S.
Texans exhale as legislative session ends
June 5, 2015In Texas, labor's victories consist not in getting legislation passed, but in stopping some of the worst of the worst.
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Today in history: first AIDS cases reported in 1981
June 5, 2015In its earliest phase, very little was known about transmission, and public anxiety grew, sometimes reaching hysterical proportions.
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Today in history: Zoot Suit riots rock L.A.
June 3, 2015In 1943, simmering racial unease exploded as hundreds of white sailors stationed in Los Angeles stormed into East L.A. and began beating Hispanics.
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Indigenous news: May 27 to June 3
June 3, 2015A recent event at Oak Flat Campground featured Apache rhymers and their colleagues from Dine (Navajo), Ogala Lakota, Sicangu Lakota, and Yaqui cultures.
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Labor led coalition wins victories in Philly primary
June 2, 2015The city's labor movement came together to nominate James Kenney as the Philly Democrats' mayoral candidate this November.
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